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Here is something a little unusual. On Saturday. a song that I wrote using Garage Band on my IPAD was broadcast live as the opening song on Geek Speak, a radio show from KUSP (Central Coast Public Radio, Santa Cruz). It is syndicatd via the US National Public Radio podcasts. You can listen to the show here (but you have to wait until the end to hear the credits).
You can downoad the song here: Geek Speak Theme
Argus Cycle Tour photos
This year I was not riding the Argus Cycle Tour, but that did not stop me from being on the side of the road taking photos, and offering some support to the 35000 cyclists that races that 109km route around Cape Town.
Both last year and the year before had absolutely shocking weather, with the wind hitting over 120km/h at some places. Well, bad luck did not come in threes. The weather was warm with a gentle cooling breeze just managing to take the edge off the heat. Absolutely perfect weather for cycling.
To the person that stopped and chatted to me on the side of the road. No, Boyes Drive is not the second worst hill on the race, in fact it hardly counts as a hill. Smits, Chapman’s Peak and Suikerbossie are far, far worse. But I couldn’t tell you only 25km out that the worst hills were still to come.
Speeding Union Jack
Pausing on the hill
A cyclist speeding along Boyes Drive
Cyclists at the top of one of the many hills on Boyes Drive
Posted in Argus Cycle Tour, Cape Town, Cape Town, Current Affairs, Daily Photo, Scenery, Sport | 
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5 Comments2011 South African municipal elections
The 2011 South African municipal elections, which are held every 5 years, will be held between March and June 2011. At this election, we will be voting in our local ward councilors for seats at the municipal level.
Remember that every vote is important, even if you feel that your vote is not.
Every single vote has a small impact on the future of your municipality, and of South Africa. Please be sure to register, and please vote. For more information, please visit the IEC website.
Posted in Cape Town, Current Affairs, Daily Photo | 2011, elections, municipal, South Africa | 1 CommentClosing time
Signboard outside Forries
On the 1 Jan 2011, Cape Town moved a little closer to being in a “nanny state”. The new drinking laws have put even tighter restrictions on when restaurants and pubs can serve alcohol.
If the local government really think that it is going to make any difference to alcohols consumption, they clearly have been consuming too much alcohol themselves. This is just 5 years after the UK have relaxed drinking laws.
I wonder how much binge drinking will happen just before 11pm?
Posted in Cape Town, Current Affairs, Daily Photo, Objects, Restaurants | Cape Town, closing time, drining, laws | 5 CommentsPanamanian shipwreck in Blouberg
I can’t give too much information about this ship, but from what I can gather, it is a Panamanian coal ship, originally with 30000 tons of coal onboard which ran around in October 2009, and is still there.
It is literally a stones throw from the beach, and you can see the many kite-surfers in front of and around it.
Does anybody have any more information?
Posted in Cape Town, Current Affairs, Daily Photo, Scenery, Water | beaches, Cape Town, kite surfing, panama, ships, shipwreck | 2 CommentsContribute
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